Baby Monitor
Baby monitors were one the first pieces of technical equipment that was designed to give the parents piece of mind after they have put their baby to sleep for the night. Parents biggest fear with new born babies is the fear of SIDS ( Sudden Infant Deat Syndrome ) which is when a baby stops breathing. Baby Monitors monitor the breathing of the baby and when there is a proble it sends a signal and an alarm is sound alerting the parent. This is particularly useful if the parents are also sleeping at the time.
The only problem with baby monitors is that they can give false alarms but atleast that is better than not receiving an alarm at all. However like all technical gadgets they can also go faulty and this create a bigger problem. …show more content…
One of them is to make sure that when the baby is young they must be put to sleep on their back with nothing in the crib or playpen. most doctors however recommend that a baby monitor should be used as an extra precaution to alert a parent if the breathing stops.
There are lots of baby monitors available on the market and like all technology they have also been developed to become more reliable and reducing the false alarms. On conjunction with the baby monitor all the normal precautions must still be taken oncluding hoe to do baby CPR.
One of the latest developements with baby monitors is the Owlet Sock Monitor which is based on the same technology that hospitals use which monitors both the hearts rate and oxygen levels of the baby. These are very reliable but at the same time a lot more expensive than the normal models. The great aspect about this monitor it is designed to fit into a sock which can be worn by the baby 24/7 if the parent so wishes.
Monitoring both reduces the risk of false alarms and it also has the added benefit that the alarm signal is sent to the base station and to your
Baby monitors were one the first pieces of technical equipment that was designed to give the parents piece of mind after they have put their baby to sleep for the night. Parents biggest fear with new born babies is the fear of SIDS ( Sudden Infant Deat Syndrome ) which is when a baby stops breathing. Baby Monitors monitor the breathing of the baby and when there is a proble it sends a signal and an alarm is sound alerting the parent. This is particularly useful if the parents are also sleeping at the time.
The only problem with baby monitors is that they can give false alarms but atleast that is better than not receiving an alarm at all. However like all technical gadgets they can also go faulty and this create a bigger problem. …show more content…
One of them is to make sure that when the baby is young they must be put to sleep on their back with nothing in the crib or playpen. most doctors however recommend that a baby monitor should be used as an extra precaution to alert a parent if the breathing stops.
There are lots of baby monitors available on the market and like all technology they have also been developed to become more reliable and reducing the false alarms. On conjunction with the baby monitor all the normal precautions must still be taken oncluding hoe to do baby CPR.
One of the latest developements with baby monitors is the Owlet Sock Monitor which is based on the same technology that hospitals use which monitors both the hearts rate and oxygen levels of the baby. These are very reliable but at the same time a lot more expensive than the normal models. The great aspect about this monitor it is designed to fit into a sock which can be worn by the baby 24/7 if the parent so wishes.
Monitoring both reduces the risk of false alarms and it also has the added benefit that the alarm signal is sent to the base station and to your